Mexico, 23 September 2013

BACKGROUND

As OECD countries continuously strive to improve the quality of their regulations, significant resources have been invested in regulatory improvement policies. In line with increasing resources allocated, there is pressure for greater accountability and the use of performance monitoring to demonstrate the effectiveness of regulatory improvement programmes. OECD principles promote the evaluation of the effectiveness of such programmes.

OBJECTIVE OF THE WORKSHOP

The objective of the workshop was to serve as a forum to discuss the benefits and challenges of measuring regulatory performance in the international and Mexican context. The workshop served as a starting point for a wide project in which the OECD will engage in measuring the performance of regulatory improvement policies and programmes in the 32 Mexican states, with the assistance and guidance from the Federal Regulatory Improvement Commission (COFEMER) and the Ministry of Economy.